Cardinal Health Set for DEA Showdown Over Pain Pill Sales

Cardinal Health Set for DEA Showdown Over Pain Pill Sales

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By Tom Schoenberg on May 10, 2012 The day after US drug agents showed up at Cardinal Health Inc. (CAH) (CAH)'s distribution center in central Florida, probing oxycodone sales, the company's compliance chief sent a handwritten note to “Michele” …
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Patients Share Of Expensive Specialty Drugs Is Rising

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Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – When Kathi Ryness's multiple sclerosis worsened in 2000, she began taking Avonex, a drug that helps slow the progression of the disease and reduces the number of relapses. At the time, her health plan …
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In Latest Drug Sales Case, Abbott Will Pay .5 Billion

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This time, Abbott will pay $ 800 million to settle civil allegations that will result in a sum that will be divvied up among the US Treasury, 49 states and the District of Columbia. The company will also pay a $ 700 million federal criminal penalty and …
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Antibiotics in Environment Fuel Drug Resistance?

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She is a senior officer with the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, DC "It gets get into lagoons or the environment, in general, and has an additive effect on antibiotic resistance." She adds that "even lower levels of antibiotics can get into the …
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